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I have been working on this very short (2:06) SoundSlides multimedia on the Barley harvest in Lamayuru for two reasons. The first reason is I am creating a SoundSlides example for an On Field Media Project workshop I am leading in Medan, Indonesia the first week of Dec. The other reason was to use it as a sort of teaser of coming attractions; The 2014 Ladakh Photo Trek. It is very short and frankly, it has no real plot or theme it is meant to be a peak at the harvest. A “day-in-the-life” type of thing. Instead of keeping it to myself, I thought I would share it with you.

By the way, we still have a few spots left on this amazing workshop/tour. Learn more about it HERE and come join us.

Matt is a Malaysia based humanitarian and travel photographer. Well known as a photographer and international workshop instructor, Matt’s images have been used by business and organizations around the globe. Matt also on the design board for Think Tank Photo, a camera bag manufacturer.

In 2013 Matt founded the On Field Media Project to train the staff of non-profits to use appropriate technology to produce timely as well as quality images.

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“Matt Brandon’s stint of more than a decade in Kashmir is a remarkable test of a photographer’s mental strength to be so completely focused on documenting the lives of everyday Kashmiris far removed from the large-scale violence that the state was witnessing. Also, no photographer’s images so completely kept violence out of the frame which was otherwise readily accessible. Matt’s images and photo essays of a life that Kashmiris loved and always wanted to live or his documentation of the Gujjars (a nomadic tribe of Kashmir and
Pakistan) are simply remarkable. He has unbiased vision of the people he was photographing and it belied the fact that the photographer was not a local person.”
-Dinesh Krishnan, Director of Content, IndiaPicture.in

"I came hungry for images and stories, and eager to improve my photo technique and storytelling skills. I feasted for two weeks on an incredible buffet of professional excellence, visual excitement, stimulating assignments and personal coaching. This workshop takes you beyond photography: above all Matt teaches by example how to discover, respect, explore, embrace and document the culture, the people and the daily life of the host country. Piet’s expertise in post-processing and off-camera lighting tips provide further value for refining our images to perfectly reflect what we saw at the moment of capture. People are at the heart of the program. This not only shows in the approach of the subject matter, but equally in the welcoming and caring support from the workshop leaders. It did not take long for us to travel as a close and joyful troop." -René Delbar, 2014 workshop participant